title: Barriers to prostate cancer prevention and community recommended health education strategies in an urban African American community in Jackson, Mississippi.
abstract: This article describes the use of survey research in collaboration with the African American urban community of Georgetown, Jackson, Mississippi to identify and understand prostate cancer knowledge, resource utilization, and health education strategies considered most effective in reaching the community with prostate cancer prevention messages. The study revealed profound needs in disease identification and resources awareness and utilization. Barriers to utilization were identified by participants to include lack of self-efficacy, low self-esteem, lack of trust in the health care system, limited knowledge of prostate pathology, and limited ability to pay. Participants' recommended strategies for reaching the community with prostate cancer education include traditional and nontraditional strategies. The list of recommendations exclude modern-day outlets such as handheld devices, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, wikis, and other Internet-based outlets. The findings provide a road map for program development and an intervention research agenda custom-tailored to the Georgetown community of Jackson, Mississippi.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, USA.
authors.forename: Olúgbémiga T
authors.initials: OT
authors.lastname: Ekúndayò
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Tataw
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006293:Health Promotion; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008922:Mississippi; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult